Equipment Operator III

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more

information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13602485

**The City of Wichita is NOT an E-Verify Employer.**

**Distinguishing Features of Work**

This position requires experience in heavy equipment operation including

excavation, bulldozers, and mobile cranes for Flood Control.

This is skilled work in the safe and efficient operation of heavy and

specialized automotive equipment and/or supervision of a crew engaged in

maintenance or construction activities which includes minor repair and

servicing. Work may involve filling in for a supervisor in his/her

absence. Work is performed independently under the general direction of

the supervisor.

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**Examples of Work Performed**

• Operates heavy equipment to perform assigned maintenance and

construction tasks. Examples of equipment operated include, but are

not limited to, street sweepers, bulldozers, large graders,

scrapers, large backhoes, large ditch digging machines, semi tractor

trailers and windrowing machines, and stormwater combo cleaners.

• Specializes in a specific operation and ensures that it is done

well.

• Performs mechanical maintenance and service work on equipment

operated.

• Assists supervisors in various phases of operations, including daily

assignments of work tasks and completion of paperwork.

• These examples are not intended to be all-inclusive. Other related

duties may be assigned as needed.

**Requirements of Work**

• Considerable knowledge of automotive equipment operation
• Knowledge of the tools, methods and materials used in construction

and maintenance activities

• May require knowledge of methods used in making concrete, asphalt

and brick repairs; or knowledge of paints, thinners and related

supplies

• Skill in the care and operations of heavy and specialized equipment
• Ability to lead the work of others in maintenance operations
• Ability to work outdoors when inclement weather conditions exist
• Ability to tolerate exposure to airborne environmental nuisances

associated with traffic and machine exhaust, open grounds, and

construction

• Ability to safely and effectively use a chainsaw and/or a jackhammer
• Ability to tolerate equipment and machinery noise with the use of

hearing protection

• Ability to continuously perform tasks that require one to push,

pull, climb (ladders and in and out of vehicular equipment), bend,

twist, reach, stand, and walk about (up to half a mile at a time)

for most of an eight hour shift

• Ability to lift and carry up to 75 pounds
• Ability to lift and carry up to 200 pounds with assistance from

another person

• May require the ability to maneuver self into riding machines with

two foot steep first step, and onto frame or fender as required to

perform fluid/filter check daily and maintenance every 100 hours or

as needed on mowers and plows

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in

writing

• Possession and ability to maintain a valid Kansas class A commercial

driver\'s license (CDL)with tanker endorsement; or, depending on the

position, class B with air brake and tanker endorsement. If you are

a Canadian or Mexican citizen, you will be required to have or

obtain a CDL from your home country.

• This position will require working outdoors in inclement weather

including but not limited to, rain, snow, ice, sleet, heat, and

humidity plus snow and ice removal and/or emergency response

operations that would include operating equipment and vehicles on

overnight shifts, weekends and in low-light and low visibility

conditions, or other adverse weather conditions

• An employee shall not pose a direct threat to the health or safety

of other ndividuals in the workplace.

Please note that this position is part of a random drug testing pool,

and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with

company policies and applicable laws.

Offers of employment are contingent upon passing a pre-employment

physical, which includes drug screening, and upon satisfactory

evaluation of the results of a criminal records check.

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